US Patent Issued to University of Kansas on July 21 for "Managing network contagion" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,647, issued on July 21, was assigned to University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.).

"Managing network contagion" was invented by Tarun Sabarwal (Lawrence, Kan.) and John Francis Higgins (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for improving the detection, evaluation, and management of computer networks with regard to providing and managing the dispersion of communications. For example, in one or more implementations, a contagion management system can dynamically, efficiently, and quickly identify the extent to which information is expected to disperse in a...